https://secure.kentucky.gov/InventoryServices/Forestry/Seedlings
They’re sold out now but the Kentucky government sells bare root pawpaws 100 for $100. They use to use KSU’s orchard for their source but they have their own orchard now and I don’t know anything about those trees
Those in far southern zones may want to try these guys…
Whats the normal price for a grafted pawpaw? 80 is definitely high, but most of the “Mango” pawpaws I’ve seen have been 40-50 at least. Is that the norm? Never but pawpaws outside of plant sales, so I just don’t know what like the normal range for a grafted one is.
I wouldn’t get Mango there. You can find it for cheaper. That link was more for the other obscure southern varieties that they sell…and the southern seedlings.
Indiana Berry sells them for just under $30.
I bought one from them 3 or 4 years ago and it’s growing slowly, but that’s probably not their fault. I just started paying attention to it this summer.
The Gainsville #1 & 2 look interesting to me. Unfortnately there is very limited data on it from what I can find, other than from or about Just Fruit and Exotics. I might email them to find out some more info.
Restoring eden has a lot of varieties all for 40
Just curious, I know Cliff and Blake’s nurseries… Who is Ron and Ken? Are they hobbyists on the forums here? or a nursery?
Not sure the best place to put this, but I contacted an author of “Determination of Neurotoxic Acetogenins in Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Fruit by LC-HRMS”. I contacted Robert Smith who is from the FDA to ask about the toxicity of pawpaws consumption
"I recently read your paper from 2015 on acetogenins on pawpaws “Determination of Neurotoxic Acetogenins in Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Fruit by LC-HRMS”. I plan to grow and consume the fruit, and the fruit growing community online is split on its potential harm to humans. As a health researcher, can you provide your opinion on the risks associated with chronic consumption of the fruit (a few pawpaws a day for a few months of the year)?
Thank you very much for your help!"
And his response:
“In my opinion, it is safe to eat pawpaw fruits, but not the seeds, as long as it’s part of a balanced diet and as long as you don’t have Parkinson’s disease”
Could you please repost this on the pawpaws 2025 thread?
You generally get what you pay for in the nursery industry. You can possibly still find $30-40 grafted pawpaw trees in 2025 but from what I have seen in many nurseries, they will ship you tiny pawpaws with tiny root systems, 6-8 Inches tall, which take 1-2 years just to establish roots that can support any meaningful top growth. Survival rate is around 50-75% on these types of nursery trees. You’re looking at 5-6 years to fruit production on ones like this. If you’re a bargain shopper with (you hope) more years than money this could be ok. But if you want premium quality stock that is produced to perform and to grow and fruit rapidly, you need larger, more expensive, higher quality trees (or grow your own).
Price is usually based on size. A $30-40 grafted pawpaw tree will typically be a foot tall or less. A $50-75 tree should be taller than that. Current rates for high quality, larger pawpaw trees are in the $80-$150 range. If that sounds overly expensive, grow your own, or buy tiny trees and be prepared to pick fruit in your retirement.
